INSIDE THE BEARS.

Bears Want Review Of Hit On Mcnown

Brockermeyer's Retaliation Also Examined

The Bears are sending film of Talance Sawyer's hit on Cade McNown to the league office with a request for review and a possible fine against the Minnesota Vikings' defensive end.

Whether Bears tackle Blake Brockermeyer also draws a fine for his retaliation against Sawyer will be reviewed by the league, and Brockermeyer's action was discussed among the Bears.

"That situation is a unique one," coach Dick Jauron said. "In no way do we want that to occur. It took a big play off the board.

"On the other hand, it was a brutal hit on our quarterback in the open field and our quarterback was lying on the ground. Brock thought [McNown] was hurt badly and lost control. We had 30 yards of offense wiped out. You can understand it and what he feels at the time. Hopefully the league'll do something about that play."

Streaking: Bobby Engram's game-high eight receptions Sunday tied him with Dick Gordon for seventh on the Bears' all-time receivers list with 238 catches. Engram has caught a pass in 34 straight games, tying him with Willie Gault for the third-longest streak in team history, and has at least one catch in 55 of his 56 career games. Only Mike Ditka (49 in a row) and Walter Payton (45) had longer streaks.

Stopper: Linebacker Warrick Holdman had a team-high 11 tackles, tying his career best reached twice last year.

Runner: McNown's 87 rushing yards rank sixth in team history by a quarterback. The five marks above him all belong to Bobby Douglass, including a record 127 yards in 14 carries in a game in 1972, the only year since 1935 that a quarterback has led the Bears in rushing.

Time crunch: The Bears trailed the Vikings by two scores (30-20) in the fourth quarter and took three minutes to drive 75 yards for a touchdown. It was the quickest of their three TD drives, but only 1:25 remained, and it forced an onside-kick try that failed. But Jauron defended the drive.

"We didn't want to go into the two-minute offense and no-huddle at that point because we wanted to make sure we scored," he said. "Without the first score, the second one doesn't make any difference."